Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. DeCicco
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 2, 1998No. 96-P-434PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
On the early morning of January 16, 1994, an incendiary bomb, commonly called a “Molotov cocktail,” was thrown through the window of a wood frame house. Before the resulting fire was extinguished, one of the occupants of the house was dead, three firemen injured, and two houses damaged. The defendant and George Madden were ultimately charged with all the crimes associated with the fire. Each gave the police a statement claiming that the other had thrown the bomb. The defendant was tried separately and found guilty on the many indictments against him, including second degree murder on a…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by20 opinions
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